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  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  This afternoon, we began early action selection for the Class of 2010. As is my custom, I wore a tie today, out of respect for the applicants ... for in MIT students, we can usually reach consensus after a bit of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT’s Newest Nobel Laureate Can you autograph my problem set?

  

  Nobel prize for his "for the development of the metathesis method in ... the Nobel committee for being the first to produce an efficient metal-compound catalyst for metathesis--a chemical process wherein two reacting structures

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  a sense of what we look when selecting students for admission. Basically, we're looking for students with broad interests, both academic and ... "look good" on their resume or college application. We look for students
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  of. Unfortunately, by far the most common scientific test for silk is ... tools for characterizing materials. What if I just used one of those tools ... ago so that undergrads like me can use these tools for this exact

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  prepare for my 4-year journey that will probably include a lot of late ... preparedness for this next stage of my life. More specifically, the independence ... yourself - at least it did for me.    Probably like most of my peers

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  this comes as a surprise you may have been looking for that other Institute of Technology......) But one of the largest challenges, at least for ... psetted, whilst having plenty of time for movie-thons and Guitar Hero on a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

  

  's name for its EECS department) lets students work at companies and use that work as material for a Master's thesis. The companies can be right ... after their Junior year working for the company, getting a feel for the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 3, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  to open for cancelled, so all the guards ran around the waterpark going ... ...haha) I came home to find the envelope waiting for me in the front hallway ... 't get- OH MY [edited for content]." Yours truly somehow managed to receive

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to (Im)properly Cross Register a step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  narrow them down to just 4 at the beginning of each semester (or 5 for the over-achievers or 6 for the eventually sleep-deprived). Well, at least we ... .042 – Math for Computer Science (just had our first exam, so bleh^2) CMS.100

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So, uh… help me pick classes I have no classes.

  

  -12.30 (12-134) or TR1-2.30 (12-134) ______ For students with a special ... vehicle for improving one's style while studying the nuances of the language ... means for autobiographer and biographer to develop a personal voice; and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  for first-year and transfer admissions (for students entering MIT in ... improve access for students applying to MIT. Below are answers to some ... my scores for your consideration? No: in fairness to all applicants

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Latino Cultural Center It's Mes Latino!

  

  LCC board for a semester, it's become that place where I go in between ... . We even decorate it nicely for the holidays, see? In any case, the ... 't bother to calculate for the sake of not feeling old. Here he is scolding me

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  coffee. I ate some Count Chocula. Nice visual. For those not familiar ... I need to post something. The blogs have been dormant for a few days - but for good reason. Have you read Lydia's post? Get on it here. I hope

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  application deadlines for this year remain unchanged: November 1 for Early Action (EA), and January 1 for Regular Action (RA). While there are still ... Doc of the various deadlines and requirements for all of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  there's one item I've been staring at guiltily for far too long: blogging ... things! So what exactly am I up to for the summer? Well a little bit of ... , hastily labeled "Ideas for Later". And in this box I keep, surprise, ideas

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Judd Logan is my homeboy He's amazing, so amazing

  

  night. For the MIT people, Tony Stark a/k/a Ironman........ Just my ... Scholarship. And he comes from a place where college just isn't in the cards for ... will pack his bags for Boston. It is not surprising that scholarship

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Still Going… haha... yeah. It's not over for all of us.

  

  actual deadline for the senior thesis that I am now desperately trying to ... June 5th. For some reason I always pictured that I'd have more time ... 12 pages written, and sketchy headers for the next 7 or so sections

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  , pickup trucks, parents, boxes, and luggage. All of these are for the people ... but in the end it was totally worth it. For any prefrosh thinking of ... 's everybody going to be doing for the next few months? Here's a small sampling

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Lip Sync ‘08 Because I want . . . you . . . back

  

  Sorry for not having posted recently. It's gotten to the point where ... of Friday and all of Saturday completely off. Yes, that screws me for ... the bustle had died down (except for "Banned in Boston" which had taken

  • by Snively '11
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Blog: Humanitarian Work At MIT My name is Ali Wyne, and I'll be this year's host for the new Humanitarian…

  

  My name is Ali Wyne, and I'll be this year's host for the new ... ills that afflict so many. This blog will be for, and about, them. To ... interests were. I deliberately decided not to come up with a plan for that

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 19, 2007